![]() “Those days we are starting to feel some constraints,” said Barry Penner, legal adviser to CLIA Northwest. Operations at the three-berth terminal during the season were also maxed out on many days, accommodating three ships on 56 days and maxed out to four ships on four occasions. Some of those challenges were outside the Port of Vancouver’s control, such as the airline industry’s litany of cancelled and delayed flights resulting in missed connections at ships that cruise lines had to accommodate, Madiwal said.Īnd the 13-day longshore workers strike - although it didn’t close the cruise terminal - resulted in some material delays he added. Spalding said both Vancouver and rival Seattle cruise terminals posted record results, which posed some challenges to Vancouver. The 2023 results “demonstrate that people still see cruising as a safe and secure way to visit the world,” according to Donna Spalding, the government affairs and community relations representative for Cruise Lines International’s Northwest chapter. 24, 2023 with the departure of the Holland America Line’s Koningsdam at a record 1.25 million passengers. This season was the first since 2019 that did not have any COVID-19 restrictions in place.Ĭruise ships reached a 90 per cent occupancy rate to close out Vancouver’s cruise season Oct. The number represents 54 per cent more passengers brought in to the Port of Vancouver and nine per cent more ships than 2022 - the first cruise season since the industry was shut down during the pandemic - and surpassed the last record of 1.1 million recorded in 2019. Shri Madiwal, director of marine operations and harbour master for the port’s governing Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. ![]() “This year we definitely surpassed our expectations for many of the cruise lines,” said Capt. Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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